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Don Juravin (An American born in Israel to a European family) researched and
discovered that women are badly misrepresented in office in the country that boasts of
the most diversity and gender equality. The military and the political arena are a
reflection of women leading and governing.
US: Only 20% in Congress & 25% state legislators Vs. Israel with 51% female judges
and a female Prime Minister in the 70's. Europe with 38% governing females.
Juravin answers that the number is not enough. Only 20% of Congress is female.
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SUMMARY
● Only 110 women have seats in Congress, as of 2018. This makes the total of
female representatives 20%.
● Only 74 women hold executive elected positions in the United States.
● Only 1,875 state legislators are women, out of a total of 7,383 seats. This makes
the total of female state legislators 25%.
● 127,400,000 women are eligible voters in the United States.
Women want to run for president. In the year 2019, at least two have announced that
they will be running. Juravin asks: but will their willingness to run and their ability to
fundraise help them?
UNITED STATES
America markets itself as the land of opportunity, the country of advancements, and
leading the democratic world. As Juravin discovered, the numbers tell a different story.
The United States just had its first female candidate running for office in 2016. While
she was not seen by the American people as worthy of the presidency, it took the
United States almost a hundred years to have a female candidate campaign for the seat.
In the past century, there have been over one hundred elected female state leaders in
the world. But none of these leaders have come from the United States. In Juravin’s
opinion, this seems to be the only country where the people still have strenuous
objections to a woman being in charge.
In terms of state legislature, Juravin determined 74 women hold executive elected
positions across the country, which makes 23.7% of the positions in state office held by
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women. Out of the 50 states, there are six female governors and 13 lieutenant
governors. 1,875 of state legislators are women. There are 7,383 seats in state
legislature, making the percentage of female participants around 25%.
52% of the eligible voters in the country are women, out of a possible 245 million voters.
Yet the amount of women participating in government does not reach higher than 25%.
Even worse, this percentage is historically the highest percentage of women in
Congress. There is so much more work to do.
In the book, Women in Politics: An International Perspective, Vicki Randall explains that
the reason for why men have a difficult time seeing women in leadership positions. The
home has no politics, while the public square is all politics. But I argue that men need to
see things differently. The home is political: the mother has to handle the children and
command their respect.
The home is also affected by public politics. There is no way to separate the different
platforms of life so that they do not affect each other. In the same way, politics is
affected by family life. There is no wall between these two conventions.
Women have to realize that this is not a fight to the death. This is the same as dealing
with an unruly, unwilling child. One must compromise. The women in politics have to
work with the men. We cannot have an all female Congress or a matriarchy, just as we
cannot have an all male Congress or a patriarchy. The split must be even.
ISRAEL
In Israel, women are a more prominent part of politics. The statistics don’t lie. 51% of
judges in Israel are female. There have been 17 female Israeli cabinet ministers. Dozens
of women have served as members of Parliament. Israel’s first female prime minister
was elected in 1969. America has yet to elect a female president.
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One woman at the International Women’s Day Conference in Israel testified that she
came to Israel from the Soviet Union with ten dollars in her pocket. She became a
member of Parliament and a mayor of a city.
EURO-TOP
Europe falls in between Israel and the United States. Germany has a female prime
minister now. However, France and Italy have yet to elect a female prime minister.
In France, while there are no female leaders, women are almost half and half with the
men in political life. 41% of state and local politicians in France are female.
In Italy, one out of three cabinet members are women. There are no female leaders and
apparently very little interest in Italy to find female leaders.
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